I've been at the same job for 3 years now and in the same industry for about 12 years.I do live in the house I own, As far as the HELOC, that was kind of my plan to utilize that as a down payment...ive been reading about the DSCR loans, why do you say I wouldn't be ready for that as a first timer?

Document every aspect of your project to analyze what worked and what didn’t.Networking with other flippers and industry pros can also provide valuable insights.

I had a retail deal and bank had an appraisal of $10,420,000, looking at P&L from 6 months earlier on the subject the NOI was $300k, looking at rent roll of a month in August the income was $105k with 35% vacancy, asked the asset manager how did the come up with $10,420,000 and he said based on that month rent whats renting in the market not considering this is a stressed property and wanting around 80% off that amount which did not even make sense what so ever.

Many banks just hire a broker and sell their foreclosures off on the retail market like any other seller. 

Than I'd say look at what other involvement do they have with other industry specific organizations, if need to keep narrowing it down. 

Foundations are endemic and you need to be very well-informed as to the neighborhoods. for out of state I concur with 39211  and some of 39206  the other zips are south jackson which can be very block to block and in my mind more appropriate for a local in the know investor like Susan..  39211 is a very nice mixture of owner occ and rentals where a fixed up home will retail and retail for a nice profit many times.. 

Oftentimes, there's overlap between the two recommendations, but you also get a mix of different options.Also, to shed a little light on the insurance industry, premiums have increased significantly year over year across the entire country.

Most typically you'd hear this term in commercial leasing where the tenant reconfigures an office space or builds out a retail store/restaurant space.

I like smaller retail deals with faster turn arounds to realize the upside.

I'm about to embark on my first commercial real estate development project.I plan to buy a ~1acre property in Georgia to construct a 20,000sqft building with the following breakdown:8,000sqft retail space7,000sqft warehouse space5,000sqft office spaceI'll be using some of the office space and warehouse space for myself.